Happy New Year From the Miners

Dawson's Debut

\ Dawson was the field mouse "no bigger than an acorn" and I the ferocious bear in the annual Downeast Player's performance of The Mitten. I was so proud of his first performance in front of a crowd of at least 200. I was so afraid he'd have stage fright (like his older brother has had in the past-hence the reason he wasn't involved), but he proved me wrong by going above and beyond the expectations of a tiny field mouse even stopping to peer at "the mitten" he found amidst the snow on the floor. I don't have pictures of him on stage yet, but I am working on getting some from the front row moms.

Yummy House

We made our own little Gingerbread House. As you can see, Cayden enjoyed eating it the most!

Happy Baby!

We Love Snow Days!

What a perfect day for play! We played outside and had a great time in the (tons of!) snow. Snow days are the best. I don't know who loves the snow more, Matti or Cayden ....

So Thankful

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving day with their friends and family. We had a great time (as you can see below) enjoying each other and, especially, the children. We are so thankful to have such amazing children in our family and don't know what we did at family get togethers before them! Hopefully I will get better at the picture layouts...but for now...here they are:

Buddies

Cousins

Mom and Dad returned safe and sound from SC and went down to pick up Grammy the following day. We had a great time visiting with her and the boys last weekend and I think she

really enjoyed spending time with half of her great grandsons. :)

Jackson William Davis is 5.5 months old and the sweetest little baby! I wish he would teach his "big" cousin Dawson a thing or two about sleeping all night long. I can't complain though...he has been such an easy going baby other than that.

Cayden is thoroughly enjoying his role as the "big boy". He has a big job to do...he has "my baby" (dawson), "my jack-on", and his "sista baby" (his pretend baby sister who is actually a boy ??? figure that one out!) to watch over. He is so comical about everything and so so sweet and gentle with his little brother and cousin.

Greetings to Little River

Hi Grammy & Grampy!

Matching Outfits

This pic cracks me up because usually we can't get Cayden to smile (let alone even look!) at the camera and Dawson is usally smiling non-stop for the camera! Don't be fooled though: often the pictures I share with others are the 1 of 25 shots in the same sitting. It is never an easy task!

Growing Up Fast

Here are the boys. Cayden is a little over 2 1/2 and Dawson is 8 months old. They are becoming the best of friends and it is so sweet to watch the development of their relationship. The jealously is long gone and I actually don't think Cayden remembers or cares about life before "baby"!